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Unfortunately, judicial oversight is often a rubber stamp.

• elif 10y ago
  In this case, the rules are being specifically changed so that any judge can approve, whereas previously it had to be a judge from the jurisdiction they were hacking. Judicial review is likely now or soon to be a button in their hacking tools.
• nkw 10y ago
  Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Some judges will actually hold the Government's feet to the fire and independently inquire into the sufficiency of the Government's probable cause in a warrant application. Some will not. The issue is, the prosecutors/Justice Department know which ones will and which ones won't and with the new amendments to Rule 41, they can pretty much pick which judge hears their application.